Metroid Prime 3 Corruption Reviewed - Nintendo Power

[-WindYoshi-]

10/10 (Nintendo Power)

Kind of surprising given the fact that not even TP scored that high with them...

*plea to mods*
please change title of thread to "Official Metroid Prime 3 Corruption Reviews Thread" if you wouldn't mind. Thanks.

[masud]

Better than Bioshock! :O

[Linkhero1]

there are other metroid threads, why couldn't you post this in one of them?

edit: it's been posted in them already :P

[cartoon_soldier]

Let the GOTY competition heat up. Awwesome.

[Darunia]

oh another metroid thread

you can hear the bitchers migrate

[Opus Angelorum]

Having never read Nintendo Power, is a 10 unexpected based on their history of scoring?

[Tristam]

there are other metroid threads, why couldn't you post this in one of them? edit: it's been posted in them already :P

Just turn it into an "Official Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Reviews Thread."

Ah well. The last game to get a 10 in NP was Resident Evil 4. Hopefully Corruption is just as amazing.

Having never read Nintendo Power, is a 10 unexpected based on their history of scoring?

The last perfect scores I can recall them dishing out were for Resident Evil 4 and the original Metroid Prime. I'm sure there are others, because I doubt they've given less tens than, say, EDGE.

[sk3tch]

Thanks for posting this outside of the "other" Metroid threads - otherwise I would have missed this.

10/10...still won't buy it.

[Linkhero1]

Having never read Nintendo Power, is a 10 unexpected based on their history of scoring?

last 10 they gave was to RE4 for the Cube

[AniHawk]

Thanks for posting this outside of the "other" Metroid threads - otherwise I would have missed this. 10/10...still won't buy it.

You're a good man, Charlie Brown.

[AceBandage]

Having never read Nintendo Power, is a 10 unexpected based on their history of scoring?

As far as I know, the only other perfect they gave was to RE4.

[dkeane]

Cool, Nintendo Power has been good at scoring games. Just want to get this games in my hands, spoilers will start popping up everywhere.

[Mamesj]

cool, but like the Play review of Heavenly Sword, I want to see what other outlets say before I start getting too hyped.

Not that it makes a difference because I'm getting it day 1 regardless.

[Opus Angelorum]

last 10 they gave was to RE4 for the Cube

Thanks for that. I was going to buy a Wii for SMG, but that may change :)

[Oblivion]

Damn. Nintendo Power didn't even give OoT a 10 (one of the few that didn't, interestingly enough).

[Y2Kev]

Wow, that's awesome. Who is the reviewer?

[Gigglepoo]

Any other information? Why was it rated so highly?

[TekunoRobby]

I'm buying it regardless and I'm pretty optimistic it'll be an awesome game but come on, Nintendo Power? It's like asking OXM what they think of Halo 3.

[AniHawk]

Any other information? Why was it rated so highly?

Just to spite me.

[thefro]

Wow, that's awesome. Who is the reviewer?

Chris Shepperd

[Firestorm]

Damn. Nintendo Power didn't even give OoT a 10 (one of the few that didn't, interestingly enough).

The review system they used back then, between 2001 and 2005, and now are completely different. If they used the current review system, OoT would have got a 10 as well. In the 2 year history of this system, only RE4 and MP3 have received 10s.

NP is much less biased now btw, so it's a good score.

[Meta-Knight]

Better than Bioshock! :O

Yeah, NP's review of bioshock did not get a 10 :O

[Gigglepoo]

Just to spite me.

How does this spite you?

[Tristam]

Any other information? Why was it rated so highly?

The photo of the magazine is of horrible quality, so you can't really make out too many words.

How does this spite you?

Unfamiliar with AniHawk are we? :P

[Linkhero1]

Yeah, NP's review of bioshock did not get a 10 :O

They gave Bioshock a ..... and this a 10 :o

[PleoMax]

last 10 they gave was to RE4 for the Cube

It's not like they had any chance to give it again since it....not matter how they wanted, there were no games.

[TekunoRobby]

The review system they used back then, between 2001 and 2005, and now are completely different. If they used the current review system, OoT would have got a 10 as well. In the 2 year history of this system, only RE4 and MP3 have received 10s. NP is much less biased now btw, so it's a good score.

Well, that's good to hear. It's great to see them so hesitant to hand out 10's considering they're an official mag and all. I guess it speaks for the game's quality.

[bud]

what did they give to the previous prime games?

[Souldriver]

God, not the same scenario as with Bioshock huh?!
Keep everyting in one thread please. :/

[thefro]

It's not like they had any chance to give it again since it....not matter how they wanted, there were no games.

Twilight Princess got 3 10s from EGM, but Nintendo Power didn't give it one.

[Aristotlekh]

oh god I can't wait for this game oh god

[ruby_onix]

Too bad it's probably gonna be their last 10/10.

RIP Nintendo Power.

[Tristam]

It's not like they had any chance to give it again since it....not matter how they wanted, there were no games.

Eh? As much as I disliked Twilight Princess, it was fair game for a perfect score. It received plenty of tens from other media outlets.

[Weisheit]

It's not like they had any chance to give it again since it....not matter how they wanted, there were no games.

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Is this all you do on these boards?

[Firestorm]

Oh, and the system OoT was under worked like this: 5 categories or something. All the scores for each category are averaged. Then they do this with like 5 reviewers and average it out. OoT got around 9.7 I believe? It was pretty much impossible for a game to get a perfect score.

Then they moved to the 5 star system where basically every game was perfect.

Now they're at this system.

[ninj4junpei]

Oh snap!

[krypt0nian]

I will buy this but I will not be telling Anihawk.

Good news. Metroid/Zelda/Fire Emblem are the reasons I bought a wii.

[SabinFigaro]

In the last year or two, the scores that I have heard from Nintendo Power have been surprisingly unbiased. They seem to have gotten their act together, and no longer pander to mindless hyping anymore; thus, I view this score as a good indication of MP3's amazing potential.

[AniHawk]

I will buy this but I will not be telling Anihawk. Good news. Metroid/Zelda/Fire Emblem are the reasons I bought a wii.

And Mario, you crazy nut you.

[Tristam]

what did they give to the previous prime games?

Metroid Prime: 10
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: 9.8

Prime's average is 96.3% on GameRankings and 97 on Metacritic; Echoes' average is 92.2% on GameRankings and 92 on Metacritic, so the scores for either are above the mean. I think the same can be expected for Corruption, unless every media outlet judges it a perfect game. :P

[Linkhero1]

And Mario, you crazy nut you.

and 3rd party games....oh wait

[UncleGuito]

Better than Bioshock! :O

K.

Still not a fan of the series. I tried the first one after I saw the great reviews and hated it.

[TekunoRobby]

I will buy this but I will not be telling Anihawk.

I will be sending him a private PM informing him of my ingenious Metroid Prime 3 purchasing decision once I've acquired it.

[radioheadrule83]

This thread could do with some info on what the review actually says in summary?

[rakka]

They rarely give 10's, so this is a surprise.

[hamzik]

This thread could do with some info on what the review actually says in summary?

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[krypt0nian]

And Mario, you crazy nut you.

Oh shit. And Mario! And remember, I am not buying MP3.

[-WindYoshi-]

there are other metroid threads, why couldn't you post this in one of them? edit: it's been posted in them already :P

Even so, I think this news is deserving of it's own thread considering the significance of a first review. People seem to be interested and it informs those who don't frequent the other thread/s.

[Tristam]

K. Still not a fan of the series. I tried the first one after I saw the great reviews and hated it.

So did many others due to preconceived notions about how Metroid should play. I don't think System Shock had such a large following and BioShock's changes to the series formula isn't being frowned upon by any circles (as far as I can tell). But the reviews rolling in for BioShock are extremely similar in score and in comments to those for the original Metroid Prime.

[Bit-Bit]

Awesome.

The game really begins.